Voice channels are great for groups of friends; but when you want to explain a topic to a hundred people, run a discussion or present something live to a community, you need a different layout. Live Stage Rooms provide it: a few speakers on stage, as many listeners as you like in front, and a host running the room. This guide walks through every step, from opening a room from scratch to reading the reactions.
Opening a room
- Sign in and go to the Live Stage Rooms section in the app.
- Give the room a title and a short description; add a cover image (banner) if you like. The cover shows on the room card and in invites.
- Choose whether the room is public or invite-only. Public rooms are listed in Discovery; only people with the link can enter invite-only rooms.
- Start the room. You automatically become the host and you are on stage.
The stage layout
A room has two areas: the stage and the listeners. People on stage can unmute and their avatars appear large; listeners are silent, but they can react, vote in polls and ask to speak. The room card shows the speaker and listener counts separately, so someone looking from outside can tell at a glance how lively the room is.
Roles
- Host — the person who opened the room. Changes the room settings, adds and removes speakers, starts polls, closes the room. A room has exactly one host and the host cannot be anonymous in their own room; the owner always appears under their real name.
- Co-host — people the host has given permissions to. They help the host manage the stage.
- Speaker — those on stage with their microphone available. When a listener asks to speak, the host or a co-host promotes them to speaker; when they are done, they are moved back to listener.
- Listener — the starting role of everyone who joins the room.
Polls
The host can start a poll during the room: a question and a few options. Listeners vote and the results update live in the room. There can be only one active poll at a time; a poll still open when the room closes ends by itself. In a crowded room, a poll is the fastest answer to "which topic shall we continue with?"
Flying emoji
Listeners being silent does not mean being unresponsive. Emoji reactions in the room float over the stage as flying emoji: applause, laughter, hearts... The speaker sees the pulse of the audience without taking their eyes off the screen. The emoji fade quickly and don’t clutter the conversation.
Anonymous joining
When entering a public room from Discovery, you will see a "Join anonymously" option on the room card. When you join anonymously your name appears as "Anonim" and your avatar is hidden; you are numbered in order, Anonim-1, Anonim-2 and so on. It is the way to listen in on an unfamiliar community’s room without hesitation. Note: anonymous joining is for listeners only; the room owner cannot be anonymous, and anonymous users are subject to moderation if they break the rules — anonymity is not an exemption from the Community Guidelines.
Audio quality and infrastructure
Rooms run over the same backbone as voice channels: our audio server in Frankfurt reaches Türkiye with low latency. Audio goes up to 96 kbps on the free plan; Pro members speak at up to 128 kbps, and on Level 2 boosted servers this reaches 384 kbps. Noise suppression automatically filters keyboard and fan noise from your microphone.
Three tips for a good room
- Put the topic and the time in the title, so someone browsing Discovery knows what they are joining.
- Appoint a co-host; managing people asking to speak is hard for one person.
- Open a poll in the middle of the room; nothing raises participation more.
More about rooms on the Live Stage Rooms page.